AN American lawyer whose dogs mauled a neighbour to death was yesterday jailed for four years.

A San Francisco judge has thrown out a murder conviction against the owner of a dog that mauled a neighbour to death.

A US lawyer whose dogs mauled a neighbour to death was today facing life in jail after being found guilty of second-degree murder.

A San Francisco appeals court has upheld the death sentence for one of two dogs that mauled a woman to death in the hallway of her flat.